The new mechanism, approved by the two countries’ leaders last month, will identify non-sensitive products from both sides that may qualify for tariff cuts.

‘The failure of our most important trading partners to address the importation of goods made with forced labor is unacceptable,’ trade czar Jamieson Greer said.

‘He’s involved, absolutely. Yeah, I think they have a lot of respect for him,’ the president said of Mojtaba Khamenei.

In California, votes are still being counted in the tight primary race for governor.

The 48th district was redrawn to favor Democrats.

Two San Francisco Democrats will compete in the district’s first U.S. House election without an incumbent in nearly four decades.

Three-term mayor Gregg Hull wins the three-way GOP primary and will take on the former Interior Secretary in November.

Votes to determine the runner up, who will advance alongside incumbent Mayor Karen Bass to the general election, are still coming in.

Lahn, a self-described farmer and businessman, defeated Rep. Randy Feenstra for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, defying expectations.

The winner in November will succeed Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who decided to not run for reelection.

Cook Political Report has shifted the race from ‘Solid R’ to ‘Likely R.’

The Republican congresswoman will face Christina Bohannan in November in the swing-prone Iowa district.